http://rutlandherald.com/article/20130208/THISJUSTIN/130209932
Springfield police are investigating the death of a 75-year-old Springfield man who was found dead in his car outside the emergency room at Springfield Hospital on Thursday morning.
Police say Ernest Thomas Hemmings was discovered by hospital personnel, who noticed him in his car outside the emergency room.
Springfield Police Chief Douglas Johnston said that Hemmings' death does not appear suspicious at this time, but police were conducting an investigation into his death. The chief said he did not know how long Hemmings had been parked at the hospital, or whether Hemmings had been at the hospital.
A spokesman for Springfield Hospital did not immediately return a call for comment about the death.
Police probe death in Springfield Hospital parking lot
Staff Report | February 08,2013
Rutland Herald
SPRINGFIELD –
RIP doc
ReplyDeleteDoc Hemmings, as the teacher from Springfield High? Think I had him for Earth Science my freshman year if this is the same person. Very nice man
ReplyDeleteit is. he was a good teacher and a good person. see ya on the flip Doc.
ReplyDeletePoor guy had been in his car dead for well over 3 hours. Where was their security patrol?
ReplyDeleteEvidently, cars parked at the emergency entrance for three hours with the driver slumped over don't warrant assistance. "Nothing to see here, just more along."
Deletewhere were the cigarette smokers?
Deletewas he refused treatment at the E.R. because they now have that critical care place at 000 river st. and then went back out to his car and died? it fits with the humanity being displayed by this hospital!
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DeleteThis blog could be such a great public service for our town. It could bring us together and help us move forward. Instead it does nothing but tear us apart. I imagine that the blog admin thinks that he is helping, but he couldn't be more wrong.
DeletePlease blog admin - do something to make this more of a beacon and less of a cesspool. Could you consider adding public displays of IP addresses so we can see if folks are just talking to themselves? Or a way to see if folks are writing inflammatory comments from way out of town? The person above me is right - this has crossed a line. The death of a good man deserves better.
Cause we wanna know so we can run em outa town, ostracize them and treat their children poorly in our fine schools, we could have the town fine them and maybe have businesses refuse them.
DeleteHad to take a pot shot at that one. The cruelty and name calling are out of line though. Being disrespectful to or about someone who was obviously trying to receive help and didn't make it is just plain bad karma. It is rude and shows a lack of civility and poor breeding. But then again this is Springfield why would I expect anyone to have any couth. Oh well
Ecclesiastes 3, i-viii: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up,
ReplyDeletea time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace."
A good man, respected by many, dies alone. It's hard to face, but maybe it is for us who remain to make sure it doesn't happen again.
To make sure it doesn't happen again? Yes, we need to make sure people don't die. Perhaps a government program will take care of that....
DeletePeople die alone every hour, every day. A sad but true fact. There is not much you can do about it. If people are so concerned about alleviating some of this, go sit with the dying residents locked away in local nursing homes who have no family, or none that care. I've seen it happen far too much.
ReplyDeleteperhaps a non-profit can write for a grant to get enough pennies for a parking lot video thing a ma - jiggy..
ReplyDeleteoh yeah. camera.
minutes matter. it's 2013
who got a bonus instead of the town getting a security camera..
oh yah, I went there...
We should discuss the death of a good man with respect. A man who served the community died. Instead of snarky comments, how about anecdotes from those that knew and respected him.
ReplyDeleteSeth buddy, how about using this public forum for demanding accountability? Mark my words, this is a disappearing ink story that will never go any further without public outcry.
ReplyDeleteThis is not the first instance of a lingering body at Springfield Hospital parking lot. Someone was negligent and deserves to be terminated.
@6:55 AM, are you for real?????????
DeleteAccountability is a word Springfield knows not!
ReplyDeletehe suffocated as he sat there for 3 hours. i dont know if they were to busy to see him. oh wait if they were busy some one would have seen.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone expect anyone to "patrol" the parking lot? Docs, PA's, Nurses are busy dealing with people inside - and as far as their security, it is probably one guy, and who know what he/she may have been dealing with. It's not like the area of the hospital is a one room school house. Bunch of idiots posting on here. As usual.
ReplyDeletere: "Why would anyone expect anyone to "patrol" the parking lot?"
ReplyDeleteFellow idiot, here's a modest list,
ambulance access not blocked
helicopter pad clear and safe
assist visitors
deterrent to crime
vandalism
loitering
walkways clear & safe
security lighting functional
no unauthorized/abandoned vehicles
no prohibited/unauthorized persons on premises
lend aid to anyone needing help reaching ER services
Tell me, which family member is about to be fired for this debacle?
meet and greet
Deletebetter healthcare at Walmart
Yeah right - of course. This happens all over the place - Doctors and Nurses walking away from caring for patients, to go check cars to make sure someone didn't die in them, because it is such a common occurence. People dying in their cars - it's an epidemic. And while they're at it, check for unauthorized vehicles, change light bulbs etc etc. LOL. Every hour on the hour. Who's going to lose their job? Absolutely NO ONE. IDIOT
DeleteI believe that Doc Hemmings was my A & P teacher over at RVCC when I was there in 2001. Still hard to believe he is gone. I had seen him in Shaws probably 2 days before. And for all of those people dissing Springfield hospital, if you have that much time to gripe over the lack of security checks then maybe you can volunteer your time to do it yourself. Never just assume that things weren't checked on. I wouldn't just go up to someone in a car to check on them because they might have been sleeping.
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